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CVS Still Pushing for 12-Hour Shifts, Meager Wage Increases

CVS Still Pushing for 12-Hour Shifts, Meager Wage Increases

| May 10, 2016

CVS management made little movement to address pharmacists’ concerns about quality of life issues during another long negotiation meeting with the Teamsters Local 727 Bargaining Committee on May 10.

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Union to Distribute Pepsi’s Complete Final Contract Offer to Membership This Week

Union to Distribute Pepsi’s Complete Final Contract Offer to Membership This Week

| May 10, 2016

Teamsters Local 727 representatives will be distributing copies of Pepsi management’s complete last, best and final contract offer to the membership at the 35th Street, 51st Street, Elk Grove Village and Kankakee facilities this week.

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Teamsters: CVS Is Unfair to Labor, Unfair to Pharmacists

Teamsters: CVS Is Unfair to Labor, Unfair to Pharmacists

| May 10, 2016

CVS pharmacists and Teamsters Local 727 representatives took action Tuesday, May 10, by passing out handbills outside Chicago-area pharmacies to inform the public of safety risks associated with CVS management’s mistreatment of overworked and understaffed pharmacists.

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Teamsters Applaud Treasury Decision to Deny Central States Cuts

Teamsters Applaud Treasury Decision to Deny Central States Cuts

| May 9, 2016

The Department of Treasury on May 6 announced its decision to deny the Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund (CSPF) application to cut the pensions of thousands of Teamsters retirees.

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Union Presents Updated Contract Draft to Pepsi Management

Union Presents Updated Contract Draft to Pepsi Management

| May 7, 2016

Teamsters Local 727 attorneys presented the updated contract draft to Pepsi management on Friday afternoon. Once the union has a final, complete contract draft in its possession, it will be sent to a union printing shop to make 700 copies for Local 727 representatives to distribute to members at all four Pepsi worksites for review.

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